Fire doesn't destroy the memories of athletes and coaches

6:58 AM,
Mar. 18, 2013

Debris is piled up around a side door of Licking Valley's field house after a fire late Friday night.

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Granger McLaughlin remembered watching when the field house at Licking Valley was built in 1985.

He looked on sadly late Friday night as it was destroyed by fire.

"Dads, volunteers did the electrical work, the painting and the masonry," said McLaughlin, a star running back in 1988 on coach Randy Baughman's first team to defeat Newark Catholic, go unbeaten, and make the playoffs. "I also wrestled some, ran track, and played baseball. It was a gathering place for all sports, where you would see parents come to pick up their kids." ...